This public-speaking lark is turning into a nice little earner for the small to medium enterprise that is now Senor Bertie, TD SME, who must view his substantial Dáil salary and pension as little more than a sideline. Mind you, if hes so good, why isnt he helping out back home? For while Bertie drags the mouldering carcass of El Tigre Celta around to heavily indebted poor countries such as Honduras (for a fee), the people of Ireland are trying to deal with El Burro Celta he left in its place. We can only hope he didnt volcar la tarta de manzana by telling his Central American audience that los tiempos de boom se hacen mas boomier. Qué caradura! (Or what a neck, as they say in Honduras.)